Jennifer Irène Paull is a musician, publisher, lecturer, and author.
Jennifer Paull was born in Liverpool, England, 24 November 1944, as Jennifer Irène Schulcz.
Her father changed the family name when she was 5.
He was born in the Hungarian speaking regions of the Austro–Hungarian Empire (Slovakia at that time).
Her mother was of Scottish and Welsh descent.
Through her paternal grandmother, Jennifer Paull is directly related to the composers Giacomo Meyerbeer, Felix Mendelssohn and Arnold Schönberg.